Annalee Newitz

A smaller than ideal number of people are going out to vote in the United States today. They're poking buttons on easily-hacked voting machines and making holes in poorly-formatted paper cards to pick our next supreme commander — and to take a stand on whether octopuses should wear school uniforms.

Our prophesy machines have already called the outcome of the election. It's going to be another four years of Johnny Sakko and his VP, Giant Robot. But what if we lived in an imaginary world, and could elect one of our favorite fictional characters? What then?

Tell us what votes you'd cast (and why) if you could elect any fictional person, alien, or other life form for U.S. president. Hell, you can even vote for an inanimate object if you want. We're open to anything!